Photooxidants, Particles, and Haze

across the Arctic and North Atlantic:

Transport Observations and Models12-15 June 2001

Sponsored by• U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency• Environment Canada

• UN/ECE European Monitoring and Evaluation Program (EMEP)

• Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP)

In coordination with

Hosted by• CIESIN

• The Center for International Earth Science Information Network

• www.ciesin.columbia.edu• A NASA Data Center

– Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu)

• US Global Change Research Information Office

• The World Data Center for Human Interactions in the Environment

• Part of the Columbia Earth Institute

CIESIN is …

CIESIN develops information tools

concerning …• International Environmental

Agreements• Global change research• Population-environment interactions• Remote sensing • Stratospheric ozone depletion• Environmental Security• Sustainability

CIESIN has a special interest in

environmental models• Scenarios

– IPCC Special Report on Emission Scenarios Open Process

• Climate Models – Model Visualization and Analysis (IMAGE,

ICAM, MINICAM)– Agricultural Impacts (GISS)

• Gridded socioeconomic data– Gridded Population of the World data set

• Facilitate interaction • Foster openness, discovery,

priority-setting• Disseminate presentation

materials, key findings• Provide a pleasant environment

for carrying out challenging tasks

CIESIN’s goals this week